--- title: Democratic Debate: Clinton and Sanders Spar Over Wall Street description: They were asked if corporate America would like them as president. canonical: https://time.com/4156191/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-wall-street/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-20T03:23:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:31:33.882Z article:section: Politics og:title: Clinton, Sanders Spar Over Corporate Support og:description: Clinton says "everybody should" back her, Sanders says no thanks. og:url: https://time.com/4156191/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-wall-street/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd77a531dd2825c0f/6988763b524fc05affdf6011/clinton-sanders-corporate-america.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Clinton listens as Sanders answers a question at the Democratic presidential candidates debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Clinton, Sanders Spar Over Corporate Support twitter:description: Clinton says "everybody should" back her, Sanders says no thanks. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd77a531dd2825c0f/6988763b524fc05affdf6011/clinton-sanders-corporate-america.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clinton and Sanders Spar Over Corporate Support by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Dec 20, 2015 3:23 AM UTC  Hillary Clinton listens as U.S, Senator Bernie Sanders answers a question at the Democratic presidential candidates debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, Dec. 19, 2015. Hillary Clinton listens as U.S, Senator Bernie Sanders answers a question at the Democratic presidential candidates debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, Dec. 19, 2015.Brian Snyder—Reuters by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Dec 20, 2015 3:23 AM UTC Hillary Clinton thinks Wall Street should like her, while Bernie Sanders is happy they won’t. During the Democratic debate Saturday, moderator David Muir referenced a [2007 _Fortune_ magazine cover](http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune%5Farchive/2007/07/09/100121742/index.htm?postversion=2007062618) that said “Business Loves Hillary” and asked if corporate America should still love her in 2016. “Everybody should,” Clinton quipped, earning laughs from the audience. She went on to add that she wouldn’t go easy on the rich: “”I want to make sure the wealthy pay their fare share, which they have not been doing.” During his turn answering the question, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders strongly argued that corporate America would not be a fan. “The CEOs of large multinationals may like Hillary,” Sanders said. “They ain’t gonna like me and Wall Street is going to like me even less.” **Read More:** [_Bernie Sanders Apologizes to Hillary Clinton for Data Breach_](http://time.com/4155432/democratic-debate-third-data-breach/?xid=homepage) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4156191/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-wall-street/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4156191/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-wall-street/"},"headline":"Clinton and Sanders Spar Over Corporate Support","datePublished":"2015-12-20T03:23:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:31:33.882Z","description":"They were asked if corporate America would like them as president.","url":"https://time.com/4156191/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-wall-street/","keywords":["Debates","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Bernie Sanders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd77a531dd2825c0f/6988763b524fc05affdf6011/clinton-sanders-corporate-america.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd77a531dd2825c0f/6988763b524fc05affdf6011/clinton-sanders-corporate-america.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Clinton listens as Sanders answers a question at the Democratic presidential candidates debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester","caption":"Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Clinton listens as Sanders answers a question at the Democratic presidential candidates debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester","creditText":"Brian Snyder—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4156191/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-wall-street/","name":"Clinton and Sanders Spar Over Corporate Support"}}]}] ```